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We waited for some torrential rains but it looks like it did not happen here. Roanoke had some severe flooding but we had some minor flooding by the New River and just got wet. The people on the coast did not have to evacuate their homes but North Carolina sure got pummeled. Love the beach but definitely do not want to live there!

I made a mistake in my last blog on the Specials. They ended Thursday, not Friday. Senior moment. I looked up a chart that compares Alzheimers symptoms with regular old age symptoms and so far I am still on the right side of the chart. I am reading at night to try keep my mind together and I know playing the piano helps. I really need to get back to reading Spanish novels. You have to stay sharp to keep up a foreign language. I have forgotten some words and some grammar so I had better get back to it before I can only say hola. Our library has next to nothing in Spanish. I guess I need to see what I can get on Interlibrary loan.

Anyway, I am hanging in there and painting away! Here is the final stage of Pawleys Island Atmosphere!

Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

Last time I wrote about the different times that Clyde and I go to bed due to our schedules. He is in bed at 9 so he can get up at 4. I stay up to 11:30 and get up at 7:30. Funny thing. Every night at 9 I have an overwhelming desire to go to sleep and then I start to wake up .

I told Clyde that the reason my body wants to go to sleep at 9 is because we are soul mates. He gagged and said we were more like a ship wreck without a ship.

Ha ha! I love to goad him. Wait, did he really say our marriage is like a ship wreck? Oh well. I asked for it. LOL!

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Reports of the coming storm keep changing and it is predicted to be the storm of a lifetime so we are all hunkered down and hoping our homes won’t be destroyed. That huge tree right outside the window has me nervous. I hope it does not come crashing down. I have made it this far without a serious tragedy and I hope my good fortune continues.

Someone in India is checking out one of my large paintings. I hope he does purchase it but I will have to get someone to build a wooden crate for me. I wish I could turn back time and make sure the guy that finished our carport knew my crates were not trash. The lumber yard that built them for me closed.

Oh well. Artwork can present a lot of problems but they pale when the weather acts up. We will see soon what this hurricane will do to us. Hoping it is not as strong as predicted.

Be sure to check out my Independent website in progress! The link under the below painting will take you there!

Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

I used to go to bed at 10:00. I had such a hard time getting to sleep. I don’t sleep well so I thought maybe I am one of those people that need to stay up late so I started to go to bed at 11:30. I can’t stay up later since I have to get up at 7:30. Clyde sleeps like a rock and goes right to sleep at 9:00 since he has to get up at 4:00. I am so tired all the time and wake up several times at night thinking of crazy dreams, mostly dreams about traveling.

I almost always wake up at 5:00 and 6:00. Once in a while I can’t get back to sleep but most of the time I do and I am much more restful when Clyde wakes me up at 7:30. Maybe one of these days when he is retired I will stay up to 1:00 and see if I sleep peacefully to 9:00 or 10:00. I hate to miss the morning hours but I would like to sleep better. Oh well, there are a lot more important things to worry about but I think this sign that is in the public domain is a good one for me.

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I am so pleased to sell a print of Charlotte Spiral! I am so glad people are responding favorably to my Beautiful Skyline series! I WILL get back to them soon. I am taking a break from my current pastel portrait to throw a brush around and work on some Suggestions paintings.

I especially like working in an abstract expressionist manner and then pulling out recognizable forms. Be sure to check out my Suggestion series on my website. Sold a lot of prints of these paintings. The originals are done with inexpensive paint and they are on cheap paper which is why I don’t have the originals for sale. All kinds of prints available.

Not so for the Beautiful Skyline series. Originals and prints are available. This time the print is on a Christmas ornament. Don’t forget you can get my work on just about anything on Zazzle. Link is below.

Charlotte Spiral Original 12″ x 9″ acrylic painting $236

I wanted to again mention that I am offering my original paintings with FREE SHIPPING for the Holiday season! Shipping artwork is very difficult and expensive so this is my gift to my patrons at this beautiful time of year!

Below is the link to my Etsy shop. Use code CHNY7. The same goes for my originals on my website but patrons have to click the Contact Artist button there to get the free shipping. I hope everyone is having a great Holiday Season!

Fiddling at Midnight’s Farmhouse Original Acrylic painting NFS

Life with The Word and Bird Man – Clyde Kessler

I have mentioned before that Clyde goes to bed at 9:00 because he gets up at 4:00 to go to work. Oftentimes I am watching a DVD around 8:30 and would love to keep going. The combo VCR/DVD player in the living room does not work since our cable provider had us do some sort of adjustment. The other rainy night he came in at 9:00.

You planning on sleeping here?

No, I can go out in the rain and be comfortable.

Bye! Sleep tight or should I say sleep dry.

Needless to say I was the one that left the room.

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